ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,088, issued on May 12, was assigned to MEKTEC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Connector-equipped flexible printed circuit board" was invented by Shuzo Yamada (Tokyo), Tomoki Kanayama (Tokyo) and Tasuku Ono (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector-equipped flexible printed circuit board includes: a flexible printed circuit board; a connector having a terminal to be connected to a line provided for the flexible printed circuit board and joined to the flexible printed circuit board; and a reinforcing plate fixed to a surface of the flexible printed circuit board opposite to a portion joined to the connector, in which the connector has a joint p...